While the primary responsibility for ethical production rests with companies, citizens can play a role in helping change industrial practices – and the wider systems impacting workers and the environment – by getting involved in the ethical fashion movement. Yours matter!
Speak to your social circles
Talk to your family and friends about why ethical fashion is important.
Raise your children to make the right choices.
Inspire the people around you!
Talk openly with the political leaders in your country
Let politicians know you want your country to be a world leader in tackling modern slavery, human rights and environmental laws.
Make informed purchases
Before touching your credit card, research brands that are making efforts to mitigate worker exploitation and environmental degradation.
Rethink your shopping habits
Think more deeply about why you are buying a piece of clothing.
The fashion industry is operating at record high levels of production and consumption. As we produce and buy clothes faster, the life of our clothes is getting shorter. The average consumer buys 60 percent more clothes than we did 15 years ago, but we keep them for half as long.
As global citizens, you have the power to affect change for the 60 million garment workers worldwide who may be working in unfair, exploitative conditions and to save nature and planet Earth!
All you need is a voice and a willingness to act on your convictions to see a better world for all! /BGNES